2001 Popular Books and Bestsellers

2001 Books & Bestsellers

2001 Fiction Top Ten Books

(according to Publisher’s Weekly)
1. Desecration by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim La Haye
2. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
3. A Painted House by John Grisham
4. Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
5. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, Farrar
6. Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
7. The Kiss by Danielle Steel
8. Valhalla Rising by Clive Cussler
9. A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terri McMillan
10. Violets Are Blue by James Patterson
11. P is for Peril by Sue Grafton/Marion Wood
12. He Sees You When Your Sleeping by Mary and Carol Higgins Clark
13. A Common Life by Jan Karon
14. Isle of Dogs by Patricia Cornwell
15. Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson

2001 Non-Fiction Books

1. The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson
2. Secrets of the Vine by Bruce Wilkinson
3. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
4. John Adams by David McCullough
5. Guinness World Records 2002
6. Prayer for Jabez for Women by Darlene Wilkinson
7. The No-Spin Zone by Bill O’Reilly
8. Body for Life by Bill Phillips
9. How I Play Golf by Tiger Woods
10. Jack by Jack Welch
11. I Hope You Dance by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers
12. Self Matters by Dr. Phil McGraw
13. The Blue Day Book by Bradley Trevor Greive
14. The Road to Wealth by Suze Orman
15. America’s Heroes: Inspiring Stories of Courage, Sacrifice, and Patriotism by the editors of SP LLC

New York Times Bestsellers

An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter
Ice Bound by Jerri Nielsen with Maryanne Vollers
Longaberger by Dave Longaberger
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Napalm and Silly Putty by George Carlin
Foley Is Good by Mick Foley
John Adams by David McCullough
The Wild Blue by Stephen E. Ambrose
Jack: Straight From the Gut by Jack Welch with John A.Byrne
Germs by Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad
The No Spin Zone by Bill O’Reilly
One Nation by the editors of Life Magazine

Amazon’s Top 10 Books

1. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
2. The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce H. Wilkinson
3. John Adams by David McCullough
4. Harry Potter Schoolbooks: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
5. Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch
6. Fish! by Stephen C. Lundin
7. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
9. Body for Life by Bill Phillips
10. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki

Oprah’s Book Club Selections

We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Young Adult

The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events #6) by Lemony Snicket
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events #7) by Lemony Snicket
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events #8) by Lemony Snicket
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl #1) by Eoin Colfer
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants #1) by Ann Brashares
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Volume II: Princess in the Spotlight / The Princess Diaries: Take Two by Meg Cabot
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (supplement to the Harry Potter series) by J.K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages (supplement to the Harry Potter series) by J.K. Rowling
2001 Nobel Prize in Literature
Most Popular Books of 2001, according to GoodReads
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